Improved centrifugal machine for extracting honey from the comb



lntetl guette HENBY O. PEABODY, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 96,142, dated October 26, 1869.

IMIPRO'VED CENTRIIU'GALMACHINE PQR EXTRA()'.LIINGIF HONEY FROM THE 00MB.

n The Schedule referred to in L'nese Letters Patent and making part of'che same.

I, HENRY O. PEABODY, of Boston, in the county of SuiTolk, and State of"Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCentrifugal Machines, designed more especially for Extracting Honey fromthe Comb, of which the following is a specication.

The object of' my invent-ion is to provide a machine by the use of whichhoney may be extracted from the comb (without injury to the comb) thatshall be cheap in construction, effective in its operation,andcomparativelyportable; and

Itconsists, iirst, in thc use of a light sheet-metal vessel, constructedof the proper form and mounted upon a central spindle, upon which it'may revolve,

` so that, in combination with portabie frames, covered.

with wire gauze, or a perforated plate, it shall serve the purpose ofboth the revolving basket and the stationary tub, to receive the liquidto be discharged,

ordinarily used in centrifugal machines.

It also consists in the use, in a centrifugal machine, of frames,covered with wire gauze or a thin perforated plate of sheet-metal, soconstructed and applied to the revolving vessel that it shall' serve asa support to the honey-comb in the honey-trame, and allow of the passageoi' the liquid through the same into the spacel between it and the outerwall of the revolving resse It also consists in providing said vesselwith a cenportion of .the revolvingvessel shown in section;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, the section of the right-hand portionheilig taken on the line x :c on iig. 1, and showing the screen-frameand honey-frame in position;

Figure'3 is an elevation of thc screen, drawn to a smaller scale; and

Figure 4 is an elevation of the honey-frame.

A' is a base or stand, made of cast-iron, and provided with a centralhub, in thel top of which is formed an annular groove,r B, from whichopen the dischargeorifices C'G.

D is a spindle, set in the hub of the base A,'upon which the lightsheet-metal vessel E is hung by means of the cross-bar F and the yoke G,and around which it revolves.

l The vessel E` may be made of tin or any other ythin sheet-metal thatis not likely to corrode, of the form shown, 'or it may be circular, inwhich case three or four wire screens may be used, and the same numberof honey-frames be put into the machine at the same time.

In the machinereprcsentcd, only two honey-flames calrbe operated upon atthe same time.

His the' honey-trame, constructed as represented, so that it may besuspended in the vessel E by rest` ing the projections a a upon the lugsor rests b b.

I is the screen-frame, constructed like the honeyfl'ame H, 'andsuspended in the same manner from the rests b b. y

J' is the wire gauze with which one side of the frame I is covered.

-c c are ledges forming a part of the vessel E, and projecting inward,so a-s to form a partial cover to the outer portion ot" said vessel, toprevent the honey from overflowing the vessel.

L is a central oritice in thc vessel E, so formed by curving thatportion of the bottom ot' said vessel immediately surrounding theoriiice that the contents otl said vessel shall be discharged into theannular groove B, and through the orifices C C.

D is the handle -by which the machine is revolved.

The operation of' my machine is as follows:

The wire-gauze frames l are placed in the position shown at either sideot' the machine, with the gauze or perforated plate toward the centre ofthc machine, and the fra-me containing the honey-comb, after the caps ofthe cells are removed, is placed in the vessel with one face of thc combresting against the gauze, when the machine is set in motion by meansot' the handle O, when the honey will be forced from the comb, and,passing through the wire gauze, will be deposited upon the outer wall-oi' the vessel.

When the honey has all been discharged from one side of theI comb, thehoney-trame H is turned around so as to bring the other face of the combagainst the wire gauze, when the previous operation is repeated. y

Instead of using a single wire-gauze frame, a double one may be used,soconstructed that the honey-frame could be placed between the two gauzescreens, so that the whole might be raised out of the vessel and turnedaround, which would be a very desirable arrangement for extracting honeyfrom broken comb.

\Vhen t-he machine is stopped, the honey will flow from the centralopening L in the bottom of the v'essel E into the annular groove B, andthence through the orifices C C into a vessel provided for thc purpose,not shown in the drawings.

It is designed to construct the machine so that there shall besufficient height between the door and the under side of thc base orstand A to introduce a vessel to receive the honey, or the legs of thebase may be set upon blocks in the corners ofthe packingbox for the-samepurpose.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. So constructing` a) centrifugal machine that J the central/opening L,the. annular groove B, and the single revolving vessel shallserve thepurpose of both discharge orifices O C, substantially als described, therevolving basket and the stationary tub, as here- Executed at Boston,this 17th day of September,

tofore constructed, substantially as described. -l 1869.

2. The use, in centrifugal machines, of the portable HENRY O. PEABODY.Wire gauze frames I, or their equivalents, constructed and appliedsubstantially as described, for the pnr- Witnesses: pose specified. N.C. LoMBARD,

3. The combination, with the revolving vessel E, of C. A. J ORDAN.

